I believe the thread may have gone slightly off topic. From the
first message:
Glen suggested a selection process and seed. Lacking a better
suggestion, Glen's proposed starting point seems reasonable.
IF someone has a list of government representatives who
have shown an interest in attending IEEE meetings but have not
yet done so, we should add those candidates to the list. Further
discussion of the concentration of software vs hardware experts
in 802 vs IETF seems to an unproductive

Distraction....

On 9/16/2015 4:29 AM, Geoff Thompson
wrote:

Adrian-

The result would be the same if I were to survey my
last full time employer.

That isn't the point.

It is about the kind of work being done here vs what
is done in the IETF.

I’ll be
arriving Saturday so lunch on
Sunday could work if the
representatives will arrive
early enough. The alternative is
to move the rules meeting
because it seems unlikely that
we could have dinner over early
enough to end before it.

Is the
plan to do this every plenary?
Could we consider moving the
rules meeting to a rules
teleconference a week or two
before the plenary (avoiding the
IETF meeting)?

I
have been working with
IEEE-SA staff on a
fellowship exchange
program to bring
government
representatives to
IEEE meetings. ITU
and even IETF has been
doing this for years –
the goal is to simply
make them comfortable
with the IEEE
standards process and
the volunteers that
make it happen. This
will hopefully
increase support for
IEEE standards by the
governments that
attend.

I
am pleased to indicate
that IEEE-SA will
start a trial
fellowship program at
the upcoming November
IEEE 802 plenary
meeting. This will be
full funded by IEEE-SA
to support 2-4
government attendees
as well as a staff
coordinator. The ask
from us is to identify
mentors to guide these
attendees to the right
meetings, and also to
help with any
questions they might
have. There is also
the plan for a welcome
dinner/event on the
Sunday before when the
EC would be invited to
mingle with these
folks.

The
selection process this
time will be seeded
using the IETF
fellowship alumni
list. We will select
some folks that have
already attended IETF
and have expressed
interest in IEEE 802.